Sample entropy analysis of electrocardiograms to characterize recurrent atrial fibrillation

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-57

  Cervigon Abad, Raquel ^a   Sanchez, C ^a   Blas, J M ^a   Alcaraz, R ^a   Mateo, J ^a   Millet, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrical cardioversion; Sample entropy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL ACTIVITY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE; ECG RECORDING; ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION; ENTROPY CHANGES; SAMPLE ENTROPY; SHORT PERIODS;

ENTROPY;

EID: 85007045023     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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